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Figure 11 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram
Plug and Play Setup
Initial IP Information Setup
| Power Up the Switch. |
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| IP Information is automatically configured |
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Yes | Do you want to manually | No | ||
configure the IP information? | ||||
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How do you want to connect to the Switch? | How do you want to view the automatically | |||
configured IP information? | ||||
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Connect to the con- | Connect to a front panel port | Use 3Com Network | Connect to the console | |
sole port and use the | and use the Web Interface or | Director (3ND). | port and use the | |
Command Line Inter- | Command Line | See page 44 | Command Line | |
face. | Interface. |
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See page 37 | See page 37 |
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| How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 32 | |||
Feature Management | Command Line Interface | SNMP | Web Interface | ||
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Connect using the | Connect over the |
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| console port. | network using Telnet. | network. | ||
| See page 46 | See page 46 |
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CAUTION: To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to actively manage your Switch. For more information on default users and changing default passwords, see “Default Users and Passwords” on page 50.